I see someone explained it to you above so I’m not going to rehash it again. If you’re going to be myopically focused on crucifying the guy, nothing, no matter how reasonable or factual, is going to sway you.

Uh huh, he reluctantly voted for it bc otherwise VAWA, and other crucial measures, wouldn’t have gotten passed. He fought against including racist measures and here is his statement on that bill: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/8/8…

He did NOT support H.R. 4092, he supported an amendment to that bill: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/103r…

I, also, am a reclusive eccentric (with anxiety disorders/depression) and no one ever has to worry that I might snap one day and shoot up an elementary school, etc. Because I’m a woman. We need to examine why these violent tendencies are pandemic among *men*, and particularly young men.